For those who want to know about this festival, read this guide to find out what to expect!

About Pyeongchang Trout Festival

| When: December 22, 2018 ~ January 27, 2019

| Where: Pyeongchang County, Gangwon-do

| Things to do:

Fishing: Open-ice fishing, Tent fishing, Bare-hands fishing

Snow/Ice experience: Snow tubing, Ice skating, Sledding, etc.

Food and shopping: Food court, grill center, etc.

Ice Fishing at Pyeongchang Trout Festival 🎣

Open-ice fishing

The main attraction at the festival is of course, ice fishing, where you attempt to catch fresh trout from a hole drilled into the ice. You can choose between open-ice fishing or tent fishing (these tend to sell out very quickly).

Tent fishing

A fishing rod can be purchased which differs in price depending on the type of artificial bait attached on the line.

Be prepared to sit idly by the hole as you bob your rod up and down, waiting for a trout to bite onto the bait. Bring your own foldable chair or purchase one on-site for comfort! you don’t want to have a cold bottom from sitting on the snow and ice!

*Ice fishing is only available depending on the ice conditions. If it is not cold enough, it may not be available as the ice will be too thin, causing it to break easily.

Bare-hands fishing

If you’re feeling super brave, why not try fishing for trout with your bare hands? Brrrr… doesn’t it make you shiver just thinking about it?

You, along with many other brave souls, will enter a large pool full of trout in just t-shirt and shorts and attempt to grab as many as they can.

Eating at Pyeongchang Trout Festival 😋

Grilled Trout

One of the best parts of this festival is that you get to feast on what you’ve caught afterward! Choose to enjoy your fish processed raw as sashimi or grill it in the traditional way over firewood by chefs on standby. Don’t worry if you don’t catch any fish as you can buy them at the festival also!

Snow & Ice Experience at Pyeongchang Trout Festival ❄️

Ice sled

If you’re looking for something else to enjoy besides ice fishing, look no further as there’s plenty of recreational activities to do!

Or how about testing your luck with this fun winter tour? You get a choice of 4 different winter festivals to go, either the Pyeongchang Trout Festival, Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival, Gapyeong Jaraseom Singsing Winter Festival, and Cheongpyeong Snowflake Trout Festival.

It’s a random pick so you’ll have no idea which festival you will end up visiting! All festivals are exciting and worth going to. Whichever festival you get will depend on the festival’s availability during the date you chose to visit! Weather conditions will also be taken into account. Let’s see if you’re as lucky as you think!

*Bonus

If you wish to look for other ice festivals, we’ve got what you’re looking for. In this tour, you can visit Hongcheon River Festival and Inje Icefish Festival in which you can enjoy ice fishing among other winter activities, or Daegwallyeong Snow Festival where you can enjoy detailed snow sculptures made by famous sculptors, and also enjoy various winter activities such as snowball fighting. All three of these festivals are iconic winter festivals in Korea so you will have a great time there!

Mt. Seoraksan Tour

However, for those of you who are in Gangwon-do, but don’t have much time to enjoy ALL these delightful activities, we offer you half-day options to either tour Mt. Seoraksan in Seoraksan National Park, a majestic mountain will be capped with snow in the winter, which is a definite sight to see. Or have fun catching lots of fish in the Pyeongchang Trout Festival.